United States -- Description and travel; United States -- Social life and customs
Upon his return to New York from San Francisco, he
concluded his engagements and sailed for Liverpool
by the Cunard steamship Scotia. By this time the
attentions bestowed upon Montgomery by Mrs. R. had
become more than a topic of comment with observers
beyond the pale of the social set of which she had
been a prime factor. It was reported that they
were engaged to be married, and that his return to
England was for the purpose of completing
arrangements in that behalf. At all events she
accompanied him as a fellow-passenger on the
Scotia but reached England alone, for during the
voyage Montgomery suicided by cutting his throat.
No cause was ever assigned for the deed, but the
fact that he had a wife, living in London
impressed his friends with the belief that remorse
at the lengths to which he had permitted his
FLIRTATION WITH MRS. R.
to proceed, prompted the deed. He was buried in
Kensal Green, within sight of St. Paul's, and
after the completion of the ceremonies at the
grave his whilom admirer disappeared, to come to
the surface at Paris as the promised wife of Sir
St. George Gore, a landed proprietor of Tasmania,
off the coast of Australia, and a man of wealth
and prominence in the British possessions of the
South Pacific. But it is not believed this
alliance was perfected by a priestly benediction.
Since then she has been a wanderer. Possessed of
wealth, beauty, accomplishments, and much that
would command esteem, she seeks to find in the
excitement of travel a solace for her wasted life,
and in intercourse with strangers forgetfulness of
her woes. She is said to have come hither from San
Francisco via Cheyenne, and that during her stay
here she was known as Mrs. F.
One more example of the same kind. The President is about to be
married. The following is from a London paper, and though not so
stated, it is, I trust, only inserted as a picture of the American
system of lionizing any celebrity. The name of the bride that is to
be is given in full. I substitute an initial. I conceive the article
is taken from a New York paper, but this is not clearly stated, only
that the source is American.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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